MOVING PICTURES

99% of all prog albums only scratch the surface of how epic this album becomes. The best album form the best band ever, Moving Pictures is utterly amazing. No track is bad, all are excellent. Punchy bass, amazing guitar, the best drummer ever, soaring keyboards, epic vocals - yeah, everything.

1. Tom Sawyer (4:34) - Their best known song. Some of the best drumming you'll ever hear, with an awesome solo from both guitar and keyboard. Used to end and begin many Rush concerts - and rightly so. From the opening synth sound to the closing fade out (which I can forgive here), we have an amazing song.

2. Red Barchetta (6:08) - Fading slowly in, a punch bass intro pulls this song into the spotlight. Nicely going up and down in tempo, there is never a dull moment, with the middle being the peak. Drumming is immaculate. Vocals are spot on.

3. YYZ (4:24) - One of the best instrumentals ever. The best part is where the bass and drums are given their own little solos in the middle. I live to hear Geddy Lee play his parts to this song. Godlike.

4. Limelight (4:21) - Perfect. Perfect opening riff, perfect bass line, perfect drumming, perfect vocals, perfect arrangement, beyond perfect solo, and beyond perfect finale. The best song under 5 minutes.

5. The camera eye (10:57) - An epic - in more ways than one. The structure appears to repeat twice (which is no bad thing, since it's amazing). The finale solo blows this sound away. The ending is also utterly amazing.

6. Witch hunt (Part III of Fear) (4:44) - Best-keyboard-riff-ever. The end sections are beyond this world, vocals to match, and bass quietly underpinning the whole song. Great lyrics, too.

7. Vital signs (4:47) - Probably the weakest song but by no means weak. Still excellent.

Yeah. Buy it, fool.